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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Cleveland Public Theatre presents: </SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=5><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Little Box</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><I><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Staged readings of new work by six local writers</SPAN></FONT></I></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">October 23 - November 1</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">As part of CPT’s commitment to local playwrights and producers, CPT presents Little Box, a series of staged readings. Little Box is modeled after CPT's successful Big [BOX] Series but on a smaller scale, designed to foster works at an earlier stage of development. Six plays will be presented as staged readings over two weekends. </SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Premiere Performances </SPAN></FONT></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Tickets only $10 General Admission, $7 Students and Seniors</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">All shows begin at 7:30pm!</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Visit <A href="http://www.cptonline.org/">www.cptonline.org</A> or call 216.631.2727 x 501 to purchase tickets now! </SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><I><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Bridge</SPAN></FONT></I></B><B><FONT face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> by Andrew Kramer</SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Thursday, October 23<SUP>rd</SUP><BR><BR></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Two strangers meet late one night on a city bridge. The men soon discover that they have come to the bridge with the same goal: to commit suicide. Not wanting to jump the same night as the other, a violent debate of race, politics, class and addiction emerges as the two men fight to be the one to carry through with their plan of death. Directed by Josh Brown</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Bon Voyage, Nate by Steve Maistros</SPAN></FONT></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Nate is dead and Darla is in charge of helping his co-workers deal with it. Scenes from their grief counseling session mix with monologues from Nate’s funeral to show just how deeply (or not so deeply) his passing has affected the group. Darla struggles to keep the group on task. The group struggles to figure out why they’re there. In the end the truth comes out, progress is made (if that’s what you want to call it), real tears are shed (sort of) and Nate is just as dead as he was in the beginning. Whether any actual grief gets counseled remains to be seen. Directed by Margi Herwald Zitelli</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><I><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Bisbee</SPAN></FONT></I></B><B><I><FONT face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, America</SPAN></FONT></I></B><B><FONT face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> by Tara Broeckel Ooten</SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Saturday, October 25th</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Bisbee</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, America examines the lives of the Nations family, before, during and after the 1917 Bisbee Deportation, a real event that forced over 1,000 striking copper miners to be deported from their home in Bisbee, Arizona. This play looks at the role of women and children in the male-driven world of the copper mining industry in early 20th century America while examining how corrupt business can encourage a town to become so fearful of a community that they turn on each other. The events of this play ultimately force the question: What does it really mean to be a patriot? Directed by Rose Leininger</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><I><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The Conjure-Man Dies: A Play in Five Acts</SPAN></FONT></I></B><B><FONT face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> by Adrienne Gossellin</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Thursday, October 30<SUP>th</SUP><BR><BR></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><I><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The Conjure-Man Dies</SPAN></FONT></I><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> is the story of the murder of N G'ana Frimbo, scientist, Harvard graduate and African king, who resurrects himself to find his murderer, only to be killed in the process. The crime is investigated by John Archer, a pedantic doctor, and Perry Dart, the first black detective in Harlem, with help from Jinx Jenkins and Bubber Brown, two ex-sanitation workers turned "private eyes." <I><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Conjure-Man Dies</SPAN></I> is an adaptation of the first African American Detective novel written by Rudolph Fisher in 1932. </SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><I><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">540 AM</SPAN></FONT></I></B><B><FONT face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> by Jeffrey Grover </SPAN></FONT></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><I><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">It's Okay to Cry: A Personal History of Cleveland Baseball</SPAN></FONT></I></B><B><FONT face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> by Mike Geither</SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Saturday, November 1st</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><I><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">540 AM</SPAN></FONT></I><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> by Jeffrey Grover</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">A 50 something man finds himself an orphan, having recently lost his Mom. Add to that a divorce and the quest to find the answer to the question: How can I die content? Lessons learned from the way his mom died and the ways that she lived add to his introspective and often humorous journey. <I><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">540 AM</SPAN></I> is a time of day for everyone. </SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><I><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">It’s Okay to Cry: A Personal History of Cleveland Baseball </SPAN></FONT></I><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">by Mike Geither<I><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic"></SPAN></I></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><I><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">It's Okay to Cry</SPAN></FONT></I><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> is a Cleveland sports fan’s attempt to negotiate bitterness, death and middle age. By exploring the Ray Chapman/Carl Mays story, the economics of professional baseball and personal tragedy, this quirky fan makes peace with the complexity of loving losers of all kinds. </SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Both productions will be directed by Jacqi Loewy</SPAN></FONT></P>
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